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Three years away from deadline, the world's second-largest emitter has no plan yet for how to meet its 2020 climate target. Here's what the US, and fellow major emitters Russia and Japan, have been up to.

The trilateral economic agreement will focus on expanding land, air and sea connections, energy and mineral resources, high tech, manufacturing, agriculture and forestry while strengthening environmental protection.

By building a new gas pipeline from Russia to Turkey, President Vladimir Putin is risking his most lucrative market,and exhibiting an almost suicidal disregard for the Russian economy, says University of Houston Professor Paul Gregory.